I was wondering if itís ok to use the brush roller activated on laminate flooring. I said to my beloved she can do what she wants as I canít see it doing any damage and our little old cottage is full of knocks and scrapes in any case.

Thanks I thought it would be ok my wife is not that impressed with the hand me down Dyson. We have two wood burning stoves and I really never noticed this until she pointed it out in that the exhaust from the ball blows the dust about before the front brush roller assembly can pick it up. But for me itís fine and dandy I suppose I use the hose attachment for dust and wood debris which she canít use as itís not at all flexible.

Yes I think your right, hopefully with three well off daughters we will be in line for more hand me down appliances. Seriously I quite like the Dyson I chain saw my own logs ( thanks to farmer daughterís woods) so I find the Dyson great for wood chips on the carpet. Life can be so simple when you let it.

Mvacs if only I could, seriously I reckon daughterís woody wood stock appart from a husky chainsaw has kept me in firewood logs for seven years for nowt. Well and kept a seventy year old fit..ish.Cheers. Up here too cold icy to work outside today

Never do this with a proper Hoover, they have metal beater bars! Just brushes will be fine, however the brushroll will flick dirt behind the machine (scatter it) which may or may not annoy you depending how filthy things are!

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Beko thanks for the advice Iím a pretty laid back guy with my beloved surviving serious cancer Iíll take everything in my stride. The house was my parents / grandparents cottage stone inside wall thats rains down sand particles in the winter like now stove going full blast so a bit of dust is just part of life here.